

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret
Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. We’ll be splitting each book into three weekly episodes of analysis, discussion and tangents, with a week off in between books to refresh our brains.
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Apr 7, 2024 • 1h 13min
140: Nation Pt. 2 (Trousers All The Way Down)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 2 of our recap of “Nation”. Coconuts! Pineapples! Fish!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:An appropriately unhinged recap of Pretty Little Liars (Part 1) - YouTube THE Vampire Diaries Video - YouTube Dimetrodon - WikipediaSave The Pacific Northwest Tree OctopusGospel of Mary - Wikipedia And death shall have no dominion by Dylan Thomas - poets.org austentatious out of context - YouTube [You can also buy a couple of their shows to download here: https://www.austentatiousimpro.com/shop/] Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - WikipediaGuns, Germs, and Steel - Wikipedia The Book of Household Management - Mrs. Isabella Beeton. Volume 1. - Ex-Classics (PDF)The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple - BBC News Society for Indecency to Naked Animals - Wikipedia

Mar 31, 2024 • 1h 15min
139: Nation Pt. 1 (Never Windsurf on a Crocodile)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 1 of our recap of “Nation”. A Wave! A Ship! A Dead Lobster in the Flour! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Dragon Age: Dreadwolf - everything we know - TechRadar Classic FM Interview 25 Year Nation - YouTube Terry Pratchett Interview: How He Wrote Nation - YouTubeTerry Pratchett's 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Award Speech for Nation - The Horn Book Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes - Penguin Rule of three - Wikipedia Eternal Father strong to save Samson - Wikipedia Tate & Lyle's Golden Syrup rebrand drops dead lion - BBC News Psychopomp - Wikipedia Omnibus Episode 587: The Guano Islands Act (Entry 554.PS10407)What are some standard fairy tale opening lines in your language? - r/AskEurope The South Sea Project - Jonathan Swift - The Literature NetworkHermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish - BBC News How Ada Lovelace Constructed Her Wings - Noble BloodCourse Change - Futility Closet [article about the Berouw]Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester - Goodreads Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Mar 18, 2024 • 1h 22min
138: Unseen Academicals Pt.3 (Progressive Sleaze)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 3 of our recap of “Unseen Academicals”. Chants! Pies! Glowing Gold Woman! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/PHNb8M5HbV Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:How Jennifer Lopez’s Versace Dress Created Google Images | GQ Playlist Alternative History created by @joeefoster - TikTok Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats - Poetry Foundation FIFA World Cup Trophy - WikipediaThe women that Britain ‘loved to hate’ [the 2006 WAGs] - BBC Culture Erinyes (Furies) – Mythopedia Hillsborough disaster - Wikipedia Hippodrome | Byzantine, Roman & Greek - BritannicaSchmidt pain scale - Natural History Museum The Great Kentucky Meat Shower Mystery - Scientific American They think it's all over - Wikipedia Alea iacta est - Wikipedia Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Mar 11, 2024 • 1h 30min
137: Unseen Academicals Pt. 2 (Mass Pie Experience)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 2 of our recap of “Unseen Academicals”. Crab! Bucket! Gloing!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:The company behind the Alien and Dishonored tabletop RPGs is planning a new RPG based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld - PC Gamer Modiphius Discworld game surveyPhonestheme - Wikipedia Hertzsprung–Russell diagram - Wikipedia Guardian book club: Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett - The Guardian The goats with spider genes and silk in their milk - BBC News Crab mentality - Wikipedia Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Mar 4, 2024 • 1h 35min
136: Unseen Academicals Pt. 1 (Reticule! In the Boudoir)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 1 of our recap of “Unseen Academicals”. Megapode! Mallard! Many types of shoe!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Unseen Academicals - Colin Smythe Author Terry Pratchett knighted - The BooksellerUnseen Academicals Interview 5live - YouTubeOxford dons go quackers - The GuardianMegapode - Wikipedia The Folklore of Discworld - Sir Terry Pratchett Lisa goes to Military School - YouTube Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sport - Faber Spillikins - Jane Austen articles and blog Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Feb 19, 2024 • 1h 16min
135: Making Money Pt. 3 (Encustarded Fate)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 3 of our recap of “Making Money”. Jelly! Custard! That weird soggy sponge layer!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Amelia Earhart mystery gets new wrinkle after plane-shaped object found by sub - The Independent How I Fell for an Amazon Scam Call and Handed Over $50,000 - The CutGregg Wallace and the celebrities who have overshared their daily routines - BBC Newsbuttery biscuit base - YouTube Elephant and Key - streetsofsalem I made my version of Splot, from Making Money - r/discworld Hamilton: Satisfied - YouTubeMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Feb 12, 2024 • 1h 15min
134: Making Money Pt. 2 (Bacchanalian Hysterical Dancers)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 2 of our recap of “Making Money”. Dancing! Desert Islands! Pencils! Potatoes! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:If There’s a Man Among Ye: The Tale of Pirate Queens Anne Bonny and Mary Read - Smithsonian Magazine ‘Help! I’ve been spotted!’ Terry Pratchett on Thief, his favourite video game - The Guardian Cabinets of Curiosities and The Origin of Collecting - Sotheby’sTally stick - Wikipedia Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Feb 5, 2024 • 1h 16min
133: Making Money Pt. 1 (Wide Sandwiches, Glandular Tripe)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 1 of our recap of “Making Money”. Green! Etymology! Interference with the Nature of Causality!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:The Magnus Protocol – Rusty Quill Old Gods of AppalachiaBBC Radio 4 - Mythical Creatures [Rhianna Pratchett’s programme] FolkLands - AcastBudgeting (candles) tweet - TwitterGreen - Wikipedia So close!! That is a shape 💕 - Twitter Gnasher - Beano Wiki [The Abyssinian Wire-Haired Tripe Hound]List of wealthiest animals - Wikipedia Leona Helmsley's Little Rich Dog Trouble Dies in Luxury - ABC News Snails eating mail in Lewdown village postbox - BBC News'Hanging ballads' and sensational literature - Glasgow University Examples of Broadsides - Glasgow UniversityLament for a Hangman - Glasgow University Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Dec 24, 2023 • 1h 15min
Hogswatch 2023: Going Postal TV (Gay Abandon)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, a bonus Hogswatch Extravaganza as we discuss the TV adaptation of Going Postal. Watch this episode on YouTube!Bells! Festivity! A Very Wet Banshee! Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Strawberries - BBC Sounds The history of letter boxes - The Postal Museum Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

Dec 18, 2023 • 1h 25min
132: Wintersmith Pt. 3 (Catch That Metaphor!)
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 3 of our recap of “Wintersmith”. Frost! Fire! Marmalade!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretDiscord: https://discord.gg/29wMyuDHGP Want to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Mythical Creatures with Rhianna Pratchett - BBC SoundsFolklands with Tim Downie - PodtailThe Kings Breakfast - A. A. MilneTerry Pratchett in Conversation with Jacqueline Simpson - Folklore SocietyFimbulvetr - Encylopedia Mythica Fire and Ice - Robert Frost - Poetry FoundationThe Snow Man by Wallace Stevens - Poetry FoundationTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams" - YouTube Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com